ebook sales for January 2013
6,369.
That is both an amazing lot of books and a new record. Thanks, everyone! I can’t even visualize 6,369 people in one place.
A big part of that came from SOUL OF SKULLS, which sold 569 copies in January. Additionally, THE WANDERING KNIGHT did surprisingly well on its own. I gave away THE WANDERING KNIGHT for free via Smashwords coupon code to my newsletter subscribers (which is why you should subscribe to my newsletter right now, since you’ll get free stuff), but it still sold 65 copies on its own.
2013 will be my second full year of self-publishing, so I can now track sales from year-to-year. In January 2012 I sold 3,261 books, so 2013 saw a nice increase.
Again, thank you, everyone. Writing is a joy unto itself, which is why I essentially wrote novels without an audience from 2005 to 2011, but it’s a lot more fun when people read the books.
-JM
I bought The Wandering Knight through Smashwords, even though I subsribe to the newsletter. Already got 4 of your books free, so I don’t mind buying the rest. Wandering Knight was a nice read. I really liked it. Have you thought about doing anymore of Mazael’s early adventures?
Glad you liked it!
I think I will do more DEMONSOULED short stories, even after the series is done. The setting has expanded to quite a large world, and there will be room for short stories even after the novel series is finished.